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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow policy ending medical treatments for transgender inmates
cbsnews.com • • nation
Key Points:
- The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to temporarily reinstate a Bureau of Prisons policy that cuts off certain medical treatments and social accommodations for transgender inmates.
- This emergency appeal follows a federal district court order blocking the enforcement of the policy, which requires continued medical care for inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
- The policy, issued in February, prohibits surgeries, hormone therapy, and social accommodations like chest binders, while allowing mental health services, and was seen by the court as a way to implement President Trump's executive order banning federal funding for such treatments.
- U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled the policy was "reverse engineered" from the executive order and blocked its enforcement, a decision upheld by the Court of Appeals but now challenged by the Justice Department.
- The administration argues the court is overstepping by replacing agency judgment, claiming the policy is necessary for institutional security and that the lower court's ruling undermines executive authority.
